- There are two newspapers: The Hindu and The Indian Express. A candidate must read one of the newspapers daily adhering to the UPSC-IAS-CSE syllabus.
- EdSarrthi offers ‘Smart Current Affairs Monthly Mazagine’ with a greater focus on the UPSC-IAS exam pattern. Other than that EdSarrthi also offers live current affairs classes to help students in reading the newspaper from an exam point of view.